The most recent issue of Rolling Stone as a detail set of pictures explaining how the leg miising are due to special effect using blue socks. On Sat, 23 Jul 1994, Abigail Miriam Feder wrote: > One effect from Forrest Gump I haven't heard discussed anywhere -- Gary Sinise's > missing legs. I know on stage such an effect is often achieved by actually > taping the calf to the thigh at the knee, but in most of the shots of Sinise, > the thighs looked too thin to have a calf taped to them. In the scene in which > he kicks the prostitutes out of his room, I thought I detected a flicker as he > hoisted himself back into the chair. Was the double amputation a special > effect and if so does anyone know how it was done? > > --Abby >